#DDE16D#DDE16D

#DDE16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.139 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE16D
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 51.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.16, -16.91, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.16, 58.06, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.34% -0.0493 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(88.34% 0.139 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.5056, 70.3280, 24.9051)
Luminance	0.7033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE16D #716DE1

analogous

#E1AB6D #DDE16D #A3E16D

triadic

#DDE16D #6DDDE1 #E16DDD

tetradic

#DDE16D #6DE1AB #716DE1 #E16DA3

square

#DDE16D #6DE1AB #716DE1 #E16DA3

split-complementary

#DDE16D #6DA3E1 #AB6DE1

monochromatic

#ABB024 #D1D73A #DDE16D #E9EBA0 #F5F6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDE16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#DDE16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE16D

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE16D	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D862

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.139 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea9a',
    500: '#dde16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde16d;
$custom-light: #eaea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88342,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE16D

secondary

#4541B1

accent

#18CE1E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE16D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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